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Book claims Trump secretly sent Covid test machine to Putin during shortage
Add a CommentA new book by veteran Watergate reporter Bob Woodward says Donald Trump secretly sent coveted Covid-19 testing machines to Vladimir Putin for personal use when they were in short supply, a claim angrily dismissed by the Trump campaign. The book … Read more →
Putin in Vietnam: A friendship that refuses to die
Add a CommentThe leaders of Vietnam and Russia have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. Vietnamese President To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on … Read more →
Ukraine war: Kim Jong Un ‘to visit Putin for weapons talks’
Add a CommentNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC’s US partner CBS. The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow … Read more →
Wagner boss was just back from Africa – Putin on crash
Add a CommentRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken for the first time about the plane crash in which it is said that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin died. He said news of his presumed death came after his return from Africa. “Only yesterday … Read more →
Wagner defied Putin and now its leader may be dead
Add a CommentWhen Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner troops launched their insurrection two months ago, Vladimir Putin made his feelings more than clear. He called it “treachery” and a “stab in the back” of Russia. He promised that the perpetrators would be … Read more →
Putin: China plan could end war, but Ukraine and West not ready for peace
Add a CommentChina’s peace plan for Ukraine could be used as a basis to end the war, Vladimir Putin has said. But Mr Putin said the plan could be put forward only when they are ready “in the West and Kyiv”. The … Read more →
Putin watches first Russian nuclear drill since invasion of Ukraine
Add a CommentVladimir Putin has overseen annual nuclear exercises by Russia’s strategic nuclear forces at a time of heightened tensions with the West over his eight-month-long war in Ukraine. Ballistic and cruise missiles were launched in the Far East and Arctic, the … Read more →
Ukraine war: Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks
Add a CommentRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed the final papers to annex four regions of Ukraine – even as his military suffered further setbacks. The Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions are “accepted into the Russian Federation” the documents say. But … Read more →
Mali military ruler ‘holds phone talks with Putin’
Add a CommentMali’s interim President Col Assimi Goïta said he held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on Twitter, Mr Goïta said: “We spoke of the Russian Federation’s support for Mali’s political transition, and I praised … Read more →
Russia invasion: Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine – US
Add a CommentRussian President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine, US intelligence agencies believe. Moscow’s troops have been so weakened by combat, however, that US officials assess they are only capable of making slow territorial gains. It means the … Read more →
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